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Haydn's 68 authentic String Quartets

Joseph Haydn wrote sixty-eight string quartets. (The number was previously thought to be eighty-three, but this includes some arrangements and spurious works.) They are usually referred to by their opus numbers, not Anthony van Hoboken's catalogue numbers or their publication order in the First Haydn Edition (FHE).

Opus 1 (1755–57)^[1]

• Quartet No. 1 in B♭ major ("La Chasse"), Op. 1, No. 1, FHE No. 52, Hoboken No. III:1
• Quartet No. 2 in E♭ major, Op. 1, No. 2, FHE No.

  53, Hoboken No. III:2

• Quartet No. 3 in D major, Op. 1, No. 3, FHE No. 54, Hoboken No. III:3
• Quartet No. 4 in G major, Op. 1, No. 4, FHE No. 55, Hoboken No. III:4
• Quartet No. 5 in E♭ major, Op.

  1, No. 0, Hoboken No. II:6 (also referred to as Opus 0)

• Quartet in B♭ major, Op. 1, No. 5, FHE No. 56, Hoboken No. III:5 (later found to be the Symphony A, Hob. I/107)
• Quartet No. 6 in C major, Op.

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